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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-271514
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180912
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180912

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000007084
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FATS & OILS [2070]
		IRS NUMBER:				410129150
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00044
		FILM NUMBER:		181066161

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		77 W. WACKER DR.
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60601
		BUSINESS PHONE:		312-634-8233

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		STREET 1:		77 W. WACKER DR.
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60601
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">41-0129150</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4600 Chicago, Illinois</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>60601</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be registered
pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act:</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of Each Class</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>to be so Registered</U></B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Each Class&nbsp;is to be Registered</U></B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>1.000% Notes due 2025<U></U></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>New York Stock Exchange</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of&nbsp;securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange&nbsp;Act and is effective pursuant to
General Instruction A.(c) or (e), please check the following box:&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class
of&nbsp;securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange&nbsp;Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) (or (e), please check the following box:&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, please check the following
box:&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-219723</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act: None </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;), pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a prospectus supplement dated September&nbsp;5, 2018 (the &#147;Prospectus Supplement&#148;) to a Prospectus dated August&nbsp;4, 2017 (the
&#147;Prospectus&#148;), contained in the Company&#146;s effective Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-219723),</FONT> which Registration Statement
was filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;4, 2017, relating to the securities to be registered hereunder. The Company incorporates by reference the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement to the extent set forth below. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information contained in the sections captioned &#147;Description of
the Notes&#148; in the Prospectus Supplement and &#147;Description of Debt Securities&#148; in the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Exhibits. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture dated as of October&nbsp;16, 2012 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Archer-Daniels-Midland Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;17, 2012).</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of 1.000% Notes due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Archer-Daniels-Midland Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;12,
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration
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<TD VALIGN="top">DATED: September&nbsp;12, 2018</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ D. Cameron Findlay</P></TD></TR>
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